The most important awards: Beethoven Award of the city Bonn (GER). Villa Massimo Rome (I). The German Marshal Fund of the United States (USA). International Gaudeamus Music Week (NL). International Viola-Research Society Salzburg (A). International Vacation Courses for Contemporary Music Darmstadt (GER). Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung of the SWF. Ministries of Culture of the states Niedersachsen and Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER). Art Foundation Baden–Württemberg.

1978 – 2013
Intensive studies on extra-European musical traditions

1980 – 1985
Member of the folk-jazz-rock-band SOH´RA; collaboration with musicians from India, Afghanistan and the USA

1983
Studies and concert tours in India and the USA

1985 – 2013
Use of the sampler at concerts and productions

1986 – 2013
Lectureship for free improvisation at the University of Music Karlsruhe

1994 – 1996
Elaboration of the procedure of Space–soundMicroscopy of natural sounding materials

1998 – 2013
International performances and exhibitions as well as radio broadcasts of works by the artist-duo <sabine schäfer // joachim krebs>. Productions in the fields of Space-sound art and radiophonous sound art. Space-soundCompositions for Space-soundObjects as well as circumambulatory, enterable and concert-based Space-soundBodies.